Windows 7 in the spotlight

After months of hype, Windows 7 was finally released early yesterday morning. You can watch the recorded stream from the Sydney launch here. We also brought you a live Twitter feed and a photo gallery from the event.

Both Microsoft and Google have entered into a partnership with Twitter that will allow them to integrate public real-time tweets into their search results. Microsoft has also scored a deal with Facebook that will tie in publicly available information on the social network with Bing's search.

Eager to get your hands on Office 2010? A beta version will be available next month.

Wolfram Alpha has opened up its API to developers, but not for free. There are three plans available, depending on the number of requests and the intended use.

Mozilla is planning to release Firefox 3.6 this weekend or early next week as a minor update. You can find out more about the features expected to make it into Firefox 3.6, 3.7 and 4.0 in the following link: http://www.builderau.com.au/339299175.